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lesterholtandnbc. whether it is a firing offense or not is not terribly relevant. what is relevant is that he was fired for the russian what thetion and not ig report was talking about. susan: innkeeper being our guest on newsmakers this week. kate, start with immigration. it has been a legislative process to say the least. president trump said he would not find the moderate will. the republicans are no longer with the legislation. things are at a standstill. the president has tweeted that he supports parts of the immigration bill but did not say specifically that he supports this particular bill, which is an issue for people pushing it. to get them, you need president trump saying i want you to sign this bill. it is highly confusing. members are waiting to hear more specific -- from president trump. i suspect we will see a lot more lobbying. they are actually wondering if next week is good and if it should be pushed back even further as they consider where this goes from here. susan: it is very complicated. there is a possibility for discharge later down the road. representative told

lester holt and nbc. whether it is a firing offense or not is not terribly relevant. what is relevant is that he was fired for the russian what thetion and not ig report was talking about. susan: innkeeper being our guest on newsmakers this week. kate, start with immigration. it has been a legislative process to say the least. president trump said he would not find the moderate will. the republicans are no longer with the legislation. things are at a standstill. the president has tweeted that...

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mistakes. so it hardly reflects deep-state or bias against him. and as the presidenttoldlesterholtin his own words, on national tv, he fired director comey because of the russia probe. so what does this all mean going forward? we know that in the days ahead, the president and his allies will try to twist themselves into pretzels and try to use this report to undermine the special counsel and russia probe. unfortunately for them, nothing in this report lays a glove on special counsel mueller or the ongoing russia probe. if this was the president's plan to take down the special counsel, president trump swung and missed. the special counsel's integrity is widely recognized and his investigation has already produced almost two dozen indictments and guilty pleas. nevertheless, the president isn't one to let the facts gets in his way, so we have no doubt he'll be tweeting all sorts of false information and false innuendo. but there are two facts not susceptible to spin. one, donald trump won that election so, the complaints about the f.b.i. and jim comey and all the rest don't lead

mistakes. so it hardly reflects deep-state or bias against him. and as the president told lester holt in his own words, on national tv, he fired director comey because of the russia probe. so what does this all mean going forward? we know that in the days ahead, the president and his allies will try to twist themselves into pretzels and try to use this report to undermine the special counsel and russia probe. unfortunately for them, nothing in this report lays a glove on special counsel...

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presidenttoldlesterholtandnbc. the president also told the russian foreign minister. whether that ia firing offense or not is not terribly relevant. it is not there anymore. what is relevant is that he was fired for the russian investigation and out of the ig report was talking about. lead: congressman nadler, democrat on the judiciary committee, thank you for being our guest on newsmakers this week. rep. nadler: you are quite welcome. susan: kate, start with immigration. it has been a fraud legislative process to say the least. the president seems to have found a monkeywrench in what seemed to be a process towards a vote next week by tweeting he moderate sign the bill. the republicans are no longer whipping the legislation. things are at something of a standstill right now. where is this going? kate: the president has tweeted that he supports certain parts of the immigration bill but did not say specifically that he supports this particular bill which is an issue for people , pushing it. what they need is for the house freedom caucus and other conservatives to sign on to thi

president told lester holt and nbc. the president also told the russian foreign minister. whether that ia firing offense or not is not terribly relevant. it is not there anymore. what is relevant is that he was fired for the russian investigation and out of the ig report was talking about. lead: congressman nadler, democrat on the judiciary committee, thank you for being our guest on newsmakers this week. rep. nadler: you are quite welcome. susan: kate, start with immigration. it has been a...

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lesterholtora major news outlet. when i think people will see itut the president is that is way more a moderating voice than what is being pigeonholed and described by director brennan. listen, we are in a rightand-tumble country now as it relates to our politics. in a way, i was a minor casualty of that. both sides will ballot back a little bit and find ourselves the true americans that we are. we have more in common than and i think other, that by and large, the president will eventually do that. .ut he feels under the gun frankly, he likes punching back in a situation like that. if you were on the campaign plane with him, when he was tweeting stuff that people thought was unpresidential, he remarked, this is the way i will have to be, unfortunately, if i'm to win this race. it is an ugly time in american politics, and it would be better for everybody to take a step back and see that we have more in common. host: the president still does not have a communications director. does he need one, and if asked, would you return? guest: you had the professor on one hour ago. one of the thi

lester holt or a major news outlet. when i think people will see itut the president is that is way more a moderating voice than what is being pigeonholed and described by director brennan. listen, we are in a rightand-tumble country now as it relates to our politics. in a way, i was a minor casualty of that. both sides will ballot back a little bit and find ourselves the true americans that we are. we have more in common than and i think other, that by and large, the president will eventually...

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television star. there's no reason he can't come on c-span or be reinterviewedbylesterholtora major news outlet. when i think people will see itut the president is that is way more a moderating voice than what is being pigeonholed and described by director brennan. listen, we are in a rightand-tumble country now as it relates to our politics. in a way, i was a minor casualty of that. both sides will ballot back a little bit and find ourselves the true americans that we are. we have more in common than and i think other, that by and large, the president will eventually do that. .ut he feels under the gun frankly, he likes punching back in a situation like that. if you were on the campaign plane with him, when he was tweeting stuff that people thought was unpresidential, he remarked, this is the way i will have to be, unfortunately, if i'm to win this race. it is an ugly time in american politics, and it would be better for everybody to take a step back and see that we have more in common. host: the president still does not have a communications director. does he need one, and if aske

television star. there's no reason he can't come on c-span or be reinterviewed by lester holt or a major news outlet. when i think people will see itut the president is that is way more a moderating voice than what is being pigeonholed and described by director brennan. listen, we are in a rightand-tumble country now as it relates to our politics. in a way, i was a minor casualty of that. both sides will ballot back a little bit and find ourselves the true americans that we are. we have more...

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days after the firing, president trump himselftoldlesterholthefired director comey for, "the russia thing." this is under investigation by special counsel mueller. the ig report provides no support for the claim mr. comey was fired because of his handling of the clinton investigation. that some also finds employees expressed personal political views through text messages on workplace devices. many messages criticized donald trump, but there were also some that criticized hillary clinton and others. importantly, the report found no evidence that these political views tainted workplace decisions. in fact, two of the employees who exchanged messages were also identified in the report as advocating some of the most aggressive action in the clinton investigation. for example, mr. strzok wrote the initial draft of the 2018 letter announcing the reopening of the clinton investigation. the ig and his office spent a year and a half examining this. they have reviewed all of these text messages. they have interviewed these employees. they found no evidence that political views influence

days after the firing, president trump himself told lester holt he fired director comey for, "the russia thing." this is under investigation by special counsel mueller. the ig report provides no support for the claim mr. comey was fired because of his handling of the clinton investigation. that some also finds employees expressed personal political views through text messages on workplace devices. many messages criticized donald trump, but there were also some that criticized hillary...

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lesterholtonnational television that he did it because of the russia ring. when there is basis for general, the attorney and jeff sessions could not handle the matter because he, in the, was involved possible misdeeds of the campaign. under the rules of the department of justice, he had to recuse himself. when there is basis for appointing a special counsel, that should be done. there is no basis for doing any of what this caller has described. and at the time of the events, there was no call for a special counsel through the procedures that would have applied. if there had been, i would have listened to it. how do not know quite what i have said, although i was certainly very critical of some student,ings my former the former, did. i sued him in connection with what i thought were violations of certain provisions of environmental law. i am not some kind of patsy who will simply support a president because i am on his side politically. i made a lot of enemies in doing that, but i call it the way i see it. host: independent line, florida. thanks for joining us. caller: thank you, pr

lester holt on national television that he did it because of the russia ring. when there is basis for general, the attorney and jeff sessions could not handle the matter because he, in the, was involved possible misdeeds of the campaign. under the rules of the department of justice, he had to recuse himself. when there is basis for appointing a special counsel, that should be done. there is no basis for doing any of what this caller has described. and at the time of the events, there was no...

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. the presidentpracticallyholtondtolesterfiredsionwhen he said he this rush of of staff with trump in -- this russia staff with trump in russia. that is an emergency. this is been a hard week for the majority. i know it must be tempting to change the subject and rally your base with yells of lock her up. but we cannot hide from our responsibility. hide from our constitutional duty to protect our country from foreign interference. hide from our responsibility not to interfere with a proper investigation. i ask you to consider this question. when the special counsel's work is complete, when the enormity of what he finds has been laid bare, how will the american people judge her actions today? >> we will stand in recess and return immediately after this vote to hear the opening statements of the general director. announcer: when the hearing resumed, deputy director general rod rosenstein and fbi director christopher wray gave their opening statements. then they took questions from committee members. this portion of the hearing is just over an hour.

. the president practically holt ond to lester firedsion when he said he this rush of of staff with trump in -- this russia staff with trump in russia. that is an emergency. this is been a hard week for the majority. i know it must be tempting to change the subject and rally your base with yells of lock her up. but we cannot hide from our responsibility. hide from our constitutional duty to protect our country from foreign interference. hide from our responsibility not to interfere with a...

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investigation. and two days after the firing, president trump himselftoldlesterholthefired director thing."r, "the russia this is under investigation by special counsel moeller -- a special counsel miller -- by special counsel mueller. finds that some employees also express personal political views through text messages on workplace devices. many messages criticized donald trump, but there were also some that criticized hillary clinton and others. evidencet found no that these political views tainted workplace decisions. in fact, two of the employees , -- ashanged messages advocating some of the most aggressive action in the clinton administration. rzok wrotee, mr. st the initial draft of the 2018 letter announcing the reopening of the clinton investigation. the ig and his office spent a year and a half examining this. they refused -- they reviewed all of these text messages, they interviewed all of these employees, and they found no evidence that political influence affected the investigation. the danger of public discussion on ongoing investigations. throughout the clinto

investigation. and two days after the firing, president trump himself told lester holt he fired director thing."r, "the russia this is under investigation by special counsel moeller -- a special counsel miller -- by special counsel mueller. finds that some employees also express personal political views through text messages on workplace devices. many messages criticized donald trump, but there were also some that criticized hillary clinton and others. evidencet found no that these...

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foreign power against the united states. that is an emergency. the presidentpracticallyholtondto lester firedsion when he said he this rush of of staff with trump in -- this russia staff with trump in russia. that is an emergency. this is been a hard week for the majority. i know it must be tempting to change the subject and rally your base with yells of lock her up. but we cannot hide from our responsibility. hide from our constitutional duty to protect our country from foreign interference. hide from our responsibility not to interfere with a proper investigation. i ask you to consider this question. when the special counsel's work is complete, when the enormity of what he finds has been laid bare, how will the american people judge her actions today? >> we will stand in recess and return immediately after this vote to hear the opening statements of the general director. announcer: when the hearing resumed, rod rosenstein and christopher wray gave their opening statements. then they took questions from committee members. this portion of the hearing is just over one hour. >> the

foreign power against the united states. that is an emergency. the president practically holt ond to lester firedsion when he said he this rush of of staff with trump in -- this russia staff with trump in russia. that is an emergency. this is been a hard week for the majority. i know it must be tempting to change the subject and rally your base with yells of lock her up. but we cannot hide from our responsibility. hide from our constitutional duty to protect our country from foreign...